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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>ISAIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 61
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Isaiah speaks Messianically—Messiah shall have the Spirit, preach the gospel, and proclaim liberty—In the last days the Lord will call his ministers and make an everlasting covenant with the people.
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The</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/1a" mark="a" type="C" title="Luke 4: 18 (18-19); TG God, Spirit of.">Spirit</a> of the Lord <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/61/1b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB Jehovah."><span class='smallcaps'>God</span></a> <i>is</i> upon me; because the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/61/1c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Anointing; TG Jesus Christ, Messiah; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">anointed</a> me to <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/61/1d" mark="d" type="C" title="John 3: 34; TG Jesus Christ, Mission of; TG Missionary Work; TG Preaching; TG Teaching.">preach</a> <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/61/1e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Gospel.">good</a> tidings unto the <sup>f</sup><a href="isa/61/1f" mark="f" type="B" title="TG Meekness.">meek</a>; he hath sent me to <sup>g</sup><a href="isa/61/1g" mark="g" type="A" title="Isa. 57: 15.">bind</a> up the brokenhearted, to <sup>h</sup><a href="isa/61/1h" mark="h" type="A" title="John 5: 25.">proclaim</a> <sup>i</sup><a href="isa/61/1i" mark="i" type="B" title="TG Liberty.">liberty</a> to the <sup>j</sup><a href="isa/61/1j" mark="j" type="B" title="TG Bondage, Spiritual.">captives</a>, and the opening of the <sup>k</sup><a href="isa/61/1k" mark="k" type="C" title="D&C 138: 8 (5-10), 42 (31, 42); TG Spirits in Prison.">prison</a> to <i>them that are</i> bound;
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To proclaim the acceptable year of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, and the day of <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 34: 8; Mal. 4: 1 (1, 3); 3 Ne. 21: 21 (20-21); D&C 97: 26 (25-28).">vengeance</a> of our God; to <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/61/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Comfort; TG Compassion.">comfort</a> all that <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/61/2c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Mourning; TG Sorrow.">mourn</a>;
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To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/3a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Beauty.">beauty</a> for ashes, the oil of <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/61/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 30: 11 (10-12).">joy</a> for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called <sup>c</sup><a href="isa/61/3c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Vineyard of the Lord.">trees</a> of <sup>d</sup><a href="isa/61/3d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Israel, Mission of.">righteousness</a>, the <sup>e</sup><a href="isa/61/3e" mark="e" type="A" title="Ezek. 34: 29 (20-31).">planting</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, that he might be glorified.
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&#182; And they shall <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 49: 8 (8-11); Ezek. 36: 10 (8-15), 34 (34-35).">build</a> the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.
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And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien <i>shall be</i> your plowmen and your vinedressers.
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But ye shall be named the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 66: 21.">Priests</a> of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: <i>men</i> shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/61/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 60: 6; D&C 124: 11 (3-11).">riches</a> of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.
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&#182; For your shame <i>ye shall have</i> <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/7a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zech. 9: 12.">double</a>; and <i>for</i> confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/61/7b" mark="b" type="D" title="IE a double portion.">the</a> double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.
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For I the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> love <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/8a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Judgment.">judgment</a>, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/61/8b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Covenants.">covenant</a> with them.
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And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they <i>are</i> the <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 65: 23; Abr. 2: 11 (8-11).">seed</a> <i>which</i> the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath blessed.
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I will greatly rejoice in the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 132: 16 (13-16).">clothed</a> me with the <sup>b</sup><a href="isa/61/10b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 59: 17; Eph. 6: 14 (11, 13-17).">garments</a> of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh <i>himself</i> with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth <i>herself</i> with her jewels.
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For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord <span class='smallcaps'>God</span> will cause righteousness and <sup>a</sup><a href="isa/61/11a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 60: 18 (17-19).">praise</a> to spring forth before all the nations.
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